Charles was all alone after losing two important people of his life, his brother and mother.
His life after the death of his mother began more terrible as he was poverty-stricken. There were times when he had to spend days without food.
It was the time when Charles was first introduced to d*ugs, h*roin, that later became his addiction and became the reason for obstacles in his musical career and finally the cause of his death.
Charles was just 16 when he first began to use h*roin. According to the sources, he was provided with m*rijuana to aid his performance anxiety by the promoters of the venue and later turned to h*roin use.
However, he was arrested several times for the use of d*ugs but avoided jail going to rehab.
According to the sources, the reason behind using the d*ugs was to get rid of the nightmares Charles experienced since witnessing his brother George’s death.
In 1966, he vowed to give up d*ugs and started focusing on his musical career, recording songs reflecting his fight with d*ugs addiction.
But he continued drinking gin and smoking m*rijuana throughout his life and was diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease and hepatitis C in 2003.
On June 24, 2004, at the age of 73, he succumbed to death in his Beverly Hills home.
